Label pasting and applying machine.



No. 674,247. Patented may 14, lem. F. w., T. H. & w. MYERS. LABEL PASTING AND APPLYING MACHINE.

(Application led Feb. 9, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheng-Sheet No. 674,247. Y Patented May I4, 190|. F. W., T. H.y & W. MYERS.

LABEL PASTING AND APPLYING MACHINE.

(Application iled Feb. 9, 1901.)

(No Model.) n -2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

HZ 7 mi AUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. MYERS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND THOMAS H. MYERS AND WALTER MYERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LABEL. PASTING AND APPLYING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,247, dated May 14, 1901.

Application led February 9 1901. Serial No. 46,636. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK W. MYERS, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and THOMAS H. MYERS and WALTER MYERS, of New York city, New York, subjects of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain Improvements in Label Pasting and Applying Machines, of which the following is a specification. v

Our invention relates to certain improvements in label-pasting machines, particularly of the type known'as addressing-machines for applying address-labels to letters and packages.

The object of our invention is to so construct the machine that it can be readily held in the hand and operated to feed the strip in contact with the pasting means by simply moving the device backward and forward over a surface and to cut the strip by a shear attachment which will press the detached label onto the letter or package.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of our improved labelpasting machine. Fig. 2 is aplan view. Fig. 3 is an end View. Fig. 4 is a side view. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 5 5, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the means for adjusting the paste-scraper. Fig. 7 is a view showing a holder for a rolled strip, and Fig. 8 is a view of a modification.

A is the frame of the machine, made of sheet metal in the present instance, and within this frame is a reservoir a for water, paste, mucilage, or other adhesive material. The frame is preferably so proportioned as to be readily grasped by the hand, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l, with the forenger free, so as to actuate the shear. The frame is inclined at the forward end and is open at the top.

rolls e e on an adjustable frame E and down Ainto the paste-reservoir and around a guideroll e. The frame E is made as clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and is held in its ad- 55 justed position by means of wing-nuts e2, which are mounted on the threaded stems e3, extending through the body of the case. Large washers c4 are used, so that when the thumb-nuts secure the frame in its adjusted 6o position the frame will be rigidly held. The object of adjusting this frame is to take up the slack in the belt B and also toy allow for the removal of the belt when it is necessary to clean the machine. The frame E can be readily removed from the machine by detaching the nuts and screws.

It will be understood that the several rollers D, e, and c' are detachable, so that the belt can be removed from the reservoir and from 7o the machine. The frame E is suitably braced and is provided with a scraper f, which eX- tends across the upper run ofthe belt B, so as to remove surplus paste or other adhesive material from the belt. This scraper f can be either made fixed or adjustable. We prefer to provide means for adjusting the scraper as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which the scraper is pivoted at f to the frame E and held in its adjusted position by a nut]c2 8o on the screw threaded trunnion. Other means of adjusting the scraper may be used without departing from our invention.

The top plate A is pivoted at a at the rear of the frame A, having trunnions which extend into slots, as clearly shown in the drawings. The opposite end of this plate Avis weighted at a3, and this weight may be of any size desired, according to the amount of pressure required to properly apply the adhesive 9o material to the strip, and the width of this end of the plate is made according to the width of the label. It is preferably made a little less in width than the label, so that when the label is applied the excess of adhesive material will not spread beyond the edge of the strip. Above the plate A is a plate G, upon which the hand rests, and between this plate and the plate A the strip of labels is passed, as shown in Fig. l and by Ioo dotted lines in Fig. 5.

The plate G has arms g at each side, which is mounted.

pass into sockets g', secured to the sides of the frame A. The arms are reduced at g2, forming the shoulders which keep the plate G a sufficient distance above the plate A/ to allow for the passage of the strip. The plate, however, is readily removable, so that the device can be dismantled when desired.

In front of the frame A is a fixed blade C, preferably made detachable from the frame. This blade is extended to one side, as shown in Fig. l, and pivoted at c to this extension isa movable blade C. This movable blade is also beveled and is held in contact with the blade C, so as to make a shear cut when pressed down, severing the label to be pasted from the strip, as indicated in Fig. l. A spring c' is secured at c2 to the fixed blade and to the movable blade at c3 and tends to keep the blade normally in the position shown in the drawings.

Attached to the movable blade C is a platen H, which has a dat cushion bottom h, so set in respect to the blade C that when the platen, with the plate attached, is pressed down to sever the label the platen will press the label onto the letter or parcel to be labeled, so that the label is held in place by the moist adhe sive material. The upper portion of the platen H is made, as shown in the drawings, so that when the iingeris placed as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l and pressed down the tendency will be to force the movable blade against the fixed blade, so as to make a sharp cut and at the same time to press the platen down onto the severed label.

In some instances where the labels are in rolls we may provide a holder for the roll, as shown in Fig. 7. This holder consists in the present instance of a frame I, having a section t', mounted in sockets 1l on the body A, and pivoted to the section i. at 'i2 is a section i3, carrying the spindle t4, on which the roll We preferably attach the por tions t' i3 by a set-screw j, so that the frame can be adjusted in any position desired, and on the spindle t4 is a handle j for rolling the strip when desired. This fra-me can be readily detached by simply pulling it out of the sockets It will be understood that while we have simply shown a side View in Fig. 7 of the frame the sections t' i3 are duplicated on the opposite side.

ln Figs. l to 5 we have shown a device in which the label is fed forward by moving the frame A forward, while in Fig. 8 we have shown a device where the label is fed forward by moving the frame back. WVe simply mount a small wheel d2 on the spindles of the roll D, and this wheel is in frictional contact with the traction-wheel cl3 or may be geared thereto, so as to allow the movement of the frame to be reversed.

The operation ot' the machine is as follows: The label is printed on short strips or in rolls, as desired, and if a strip is used, as shown in Fig. l, the end of the strip is fed through a slot d2 and between the end of the plate A' and the belt B. Adhesive material is applied to the strip at the point of contact with the belt, and as the machine is moved forward the wheels d, being in contact with the snrface over which the machine is moved, feed the belt forward, and the belt adhering to the label will feed the label also forward a sufficient distance to allow one com plete addressed slip or label to be in position to be severed by the blades C C@ The finger is then pressed down upon the platen H, and the strip will be severed and pressed down upon the letter, package, or other article to be labeled.

When the device shown in Fig. 8 is used, the machine is moved backward to feed the label.

lt will be understood that while the device shown is especially designed for use in label ing mail-matter it can be used for applying labels to any article. For instance, price-labels may be reeled upon such a machine and applied to articles of merchandise, and strips of stamps may be applied when desired. It will be understood also that any suitable adhesive material may be used in the reservoir, and where the strip itself has adhesive material applied then water or other fluid may be used to moisten the strip.

Ve claim as`our inventionl. The combination in a label-pasting machine, of an endless belt for feeding the label and applying adhesive material or moisture thereto, and means for imparting motion to the belt, the said means being constructed to be operated by being moved parallel to, and in contact with, the surface of the article upon which a label is to be pasted, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a label-pasting machine, of an endless belt for feeding the label and applying adhesive material or moisture thereto, and a traction-wheel for feeding said belt, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a label-pasting machine of a body, a reservoir therein, an endless belt extending into the saidreservoir, a traction-wheel for driving said belt when the device is moved along a surface, a guide for a label-strip so that on the movement of the device the label will be fed and adhesive material or moisture applied thereto, substantially as described.

e. The combination in a label-pasting Inachine of a body, a reservoir therein, an endless belt extending into the reservoir, a guide for guiding a label-strip into contact with the belt, a traction-wheel for driving the said belt, and a shearing device for cutting the label after it has been fed forward, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a label-pasting machine of a body, a reservoir therein, an endless belt extending into the reservoir, a guide for guiding a label-strip into contact with the belt, a traction-wheel for driving the said belt, a shearing device for cutting the label after IOO IIO

it has been fed forward, said shearing device havinga platen thereon for pressing the label onto the article, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a labehpasting machine of a body having a reservoir therein, a belt, guide-wheels for directing the belt into the reservoir, and a label-guide for guiding the label into contact With the belt, one of the rolls for the belt having traction-Wheels thereon, and a severing device for cutting the label, substantially as described.

7. The combination in a label-pasting machine, of a body, a reservoir in the rear portion of the body, an inclined plate, a belt partly inclined, guide-rolls for the belt adjustably secured to the body so that the belt can be removed therefrom, rolls in the bottom of the body for carrying the belt, a plate attached to the body having in it a slot forming a guide for the label-stri p, the said platev pressing said strip against said belt, and shears for cutting the label-strip after it has been projected, substantially as described.

8. The combination in Aa label-pasting machine, of a body, a reservoir therein, an endless belt, a traction-Wheel for driving said belt, a detachable cover-plate for the body pivoted to the rear thereof, and weighted at its free end, said plate having a slot in it through Which the label-strip passes into contact WithV the belt, substantially as described.

9. The combination in a label-pasting machine, of a body, a reservoir therein, an endless belt, a traction-Wheel for driving said belt, a detachable cover-plate between which and the top plate the label is guided, substantially as described.

10. The combination in a label-pasting machine, of a body having at one end a blade secured thereto, and having at the opposite end a reservoir, an inclined plate forming the front wall of the reservoir, a rollerin the reservoir, a roller at the front of the machine with means for turning the same constructed to be operated by being moved over the article upon Which a label is to be pasted, a pair of rollers near the upper edge of the inclined plate, an endless belt guided by said rollers, and a guide for the strip, a movable blade acting with the fixed blade to sever the strip, substantially as described.

11. The combination in a label-pasting machine of a body, a feed-roller at the forward end of the body, a reservoir at the rear end, an inclined plate forming the front Wall of the reservoir, a guide-roller in the reservoir, and guide-rollers above the reservoir near the upper edge of the inclined plate, a frame pivoted to the body for supporting the guiderollers whereby the said rollers may be simultaneously adjusted toward or from the other rollers and means for securing the frame in the adjusted position, and a guide for the strip, substantially as described.

12. The combination in a label-pasting machine of a body, a reservoir in the body, an

Y endless belt guided through the said reservoir,

a feed-roller around which the belt passes, traction-Wheels for driving said feed-roller, a frame for carrying the two guide-rolls for the belt, and a scraper adjustably secured to the said frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK W. MYERS.

THOMAS H. MYERS. WALTER MYERS.

Witnesses to the signature of Fred erick W. Myers:

JAMES C. KRAYER, Jos. H. KLEIN.

Witnesses to the signatures of Thomas H. Myers and Walter Myers:

F. ,WARREN WRIGHT,

HUBERT HovvsoN. 

